John Samuel Miller (26 February 1779 – 24 May 1830) was an
English
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naturalist.
[Rudwick, Martin ''Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform'' (2008) p. 427]
Miller, who was born Johann Müller, lived in
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
. He was a Member of the
Linnean Society
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature colle ...
.
He wrote "Natural History of the
Crinoid
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms are called feather stars or comatulids, which are ...
es" (1821
online hereand a "Memoir on the
Belemnite
Belemnitida (or the belemnite) is an extinct order of squid-like cephalopods that existed from the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous. Unlike squid, belemnites had an internal skeleton that made up the cone. The parts are, from the arms-most to ...
s" (Transactions of the
Geological Society
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Fe ...
for 1832) and in 1822 "A list of the freshwater and landshells occurring in the environment of Bristol, with observations''.
References
1779 births
1830 deaths
English naturalists
English malacologists
English palaeontologists
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